Wolf Moon Slots

Wolf Moon slots are online slot games produced by Amatic
Industries.

Amatic is a regional leader in casino game design for the
European market. They've been producing games for select Euro
markets for the better part of two decades. Unfortunately for
Amatic, they entered the Internet gambling market in 2011, when
it was an already-saturated market. With companies like Betsoft,
NetEnt, and RTG producing gorgeous games for over a decade,
Amatic has an uphill climb if they want to compete on the global
stage.

Continue reading to find out all the information you will need
to know in regards to this online slot game, find out about the pay
reels, themes, and all the different symbols.

You will also find a free to play version of this game to try out
before you bet for real money.

Introduction to Wolf Moon

Wolf Moon is a five reel online slot with four rows of reel
symbols. The game allows wagers on units of ten, twenty, thirty,
or forty pay lines. Players can wager between one and
seventy-five credits per line, for a total wager range from 1 to
3,000 units per spin. Since this is a penny slot, your actual
bet-per-spin can range from $0.10 up to $30. On Amatic's Wolf
Moon slot, a max bet is any credit amount applied to all forty
lines. That means you can technically place a max bet of just
$0.40 per spin, though you'll miss out a little on the game's
wager multiplier opportunities with a bet that low.

Game Theme

Wolf Moon's theme is difficult to pin down. We'd be foolish
not to admit right up front that it looks like a rip-off of the
classic Kevin Costner film Dances with Wolves. There's even a
white man with a beard in military uniform that acts as the
game's main character. We have to say he looks decidedly similar
to Mr. Costner. This similarity is carried out in the game's
other symbols – wolves, totems, and wind-swept frontier land.
Amatic hasn't released a licensed online slot yet – could Wolf
Moon slots be their first go at developing branded games?

If so, it's a weak attempt. The game's plot is non-existent,
it includes very few special features, and even the payouts are
on the disappointing end of the spectrum.

Payout Schedule

We noticed a funny detail about Wolf Moon's payout schedule –
winning the top prize may not always be as lucrative as winning
the second most valuable payout. Here's why: the top fixed
jackpot is worth 10,000 credits, triggered by spinning five of
the game's wild symbols on an active line. The next-highest
payout is worth 8,000 credits, but since that payout is
triggered by spinning five bonus symbols, you get free spins as
well as a chance at a multiplier. Technically it could be more
lucrative than the top prize.

Actually, because of the game's gamble feature, one or two
other low payouts could be increased at least to the value of
the game's top prize.

Gamble Feature

Wolf Moon slots include a gamble feature. As far as we can
tell, this is a feature common to all online Amatic slots, and
most of their land-based ones. Every payout is eligible for a
simple gamble option – choose the color of the next card out of
a simulated playing card deck, and you win double the payout.
Because of this feature, a payout of 4,000 credits (for the
game's fourth-largest payout) automatically becomes equal to its
second-largest.

Game Symbols

Below is a quick guide to all the symbols using in Amatic's
Wolf Moon online slot machines:

The traditional colored playing
card symbols, the game's least-valuable.

Bonus Rounds and Special Features

If you spin three, four, or five Dreamcatcher symbols on an
active line, you'll trigger the game's only special feature – a
free spins bonus round that also occasionally pays out a wager
multiplier. There's no game to this bonus – once triggered, the
game pays you up to five free spins and, randomly, a 10x wager
multiplier. These free spins can be re-triggered.

Summary

This was not one of our favorite Amatic titles.

For starters, you don't have much choice in terms of your
wager. Sure, the maximum bet range is really low, so it's a good
game for people with low to medium bankrolls. But with just four
line arrangements to wager on, it's not exactly an advantage
gambler's dream. Another issue – there's no plot. Amatic doesn't
always produce slow-paced plot-free titles like this. Wolf Moon
is literally a spin and wait game, punctuated only by the
occasional free spins round or sweet double win on the gamble
feature.

Wolf Moon's dual-function bonus symbol is the only reason to
even consider giving Wolf Moon more than a passing glance. If
Amatic is considering licensing games to produce online slots,
they should look to companies like Betsoft for inspiration. All
the major slot designers are getting into the licensed slot
game. Amatic's half-hearted attempt here to create a slot that
references a twenty-five year old movie falls flat.